Movie List for "western"

The Revenant (2015)

A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. Year 2015.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Western
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Writer: Mark L. Smith (screenplay), Alejandro G. Iñárritu (screenplay), Michael Punke (based in part on the novel by)
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter

Valley of Bones (2017)

A disgraced paleontologist struggling to raise her son is tipped off to a groundbreaking dig site in the Badlands by a recovering meth addict, but his tie to the cartel threatens to bury them both under the weight of their criminal pasts. Year 2017.

Generes: Crime, Thriller, Western
Director: Dan Glaser
Writer: Dan Glaser, Steven Molony, Richard M. Lewis, Jon L. Wanzek (story by)
Actors: Autumn Reeser, Rhys Coiro, Steven Molony, Mason Mahay

Sweet Country (2017)

Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down. Year 2017.

Generes: Adventure, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, Western
Director: Warwick Thornton
Writer: David Tranter (screenplay by), Steven McGregor (screenplay by)
Actors: Hamilton Morris, Shanika Cole, Ewen Leslie, Sam Neill

Hostiles (2017)

In 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory. Year 2017.

Generes: Drama, Western
Director: Scott Cooper
Writer: Scott Cooper (written for the screen by), Donald E. Stewart (based on the manuscript by)
Actors: Scott Shepherd, Rosamund Pike, Ava Cooper, Stella Cooper

Darkest Hour (2017)

In May 1940, the fate of Western Europe hangs on British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean a humiliating defeat for Britain and its empire. Year 2017.

Generes: Biography, Drama, History, War
Director: Joe Wright
Writer: Anthony McCarten
Actors: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn, Lily James

I Saw the Light (2015)

The story of the country-western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his rise to fame and its tragic effect on his health and personal life. Year 2015.

Generes: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Director: Marc Abraham
Writer: Marc Abraham, Colin Escott (book), George Merritt (book), William MacEwen (book)
Actors: Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Bradley Whitford, Cherry Jones

The Wind (2018)

A plains-woman faces the harshness and isolation of the untamed land in the Western frontier of the late 1800s. Year 2018.

Generes: Horror, Western
Director: Emma Tammi
Writer: Teresa Sutherland
Actors: Caitlin Gerard, Julia Goldani Telles, Ashley Zukerman, Miles Anderson

Durch seine Venen fließt Blei (2017)

The tragic death of a young lady causes a dramatic reunion of an old gunslinger, a prostitute and a suitor. Everyone bears a dark secret and still they are tied to a joint fate. An … Year 2017.

Generes: Drama, Western
Director: Mark Hangebruch
Writer: Mark Hangebruch, Mark Hangebruch
Actors: Thomas Anzenhofer, Susen Ermich, Timo Hübsch, Roman Henri Marczewski

Raving riot (2019)

In a post-soviet republic of Georgia, in South Caucasus where religious and folk traditions are still the main authority, new generation of pro-western youth tries to build their own future… Year 2019.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Stepan Polivanov
Writer: N/A
Actors: N/A

Mitosis (2018)

Eva lives in Turkey and has no contact with her family living in Germany. She gets a call and travels to Cologne to visit her father’s grave, where she encounters a surprising circumstance…. Year 2018.

Generes: Short, Drama, Family
Director: Halit Ruhat Yildiz
Writer: Halit Ruhat Yildiz
Actors: Pia Sarpei, Ines Marie Westernströer

Hell on the Border (2019)

A movie based on the true life story of Bass Reeves, a legendary tough African American cowboy in the Wild West. Bass Reeves was the first black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi … Year 2019.

Generes: Adventure, Biography, Western
Director: Wes Miller
Writer: Wes Miller
Actors: Frank Grillo, Ron Perlman, Zahn McClarnon, Marshall R. Teague

The Problem with Apu (2017)

Comedian Hari Kondabolu confronts his cartoon nemesis, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, the Indian convenience store owner from The Simpsons (1989) and the larger issue of how Western culture depicts Southeast-Asian communities. Year 2017.

Generes: Documentary
Director: Michael Melamedoff
Writer: N/A
Actors: Utkarsh Ambudkar, Aziz Ansari, W. Kamau Bell, Samrat Chakrabarti

The Jade Pendant (2017)

A tragic love story set against the lynching of 18 Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, in 1871. Filmed in Utah. Year 2017.

Generes: Drama, History, Western
Director: Po-Chih Leong
Writer: David Assael (screenplay by), Scott M. Rosenfelt (screenplay by), L.P. Leung (based on the novel The Jade Pendant by)
Actors: Godfrey Gao, Clara Lee, Tzi Ma, Mark Boone Junior

American Gunslingers (2017)

After his wife and family are horribly murdered, a confederate begins a quest to hunt down the Yankee killers in the American West. Year 2017.

Generes: Western
Director: Christopher Forbes
Writer: Michael Boswell
Actors: William Adams, Jezibell Anat, Tori Barker, Saul Brooks

The Hard Ride (2017)

Action and death follow a legendary gunfighter and his close friends to 1876 Deadwood, Dakota Territory. Year 2017.

Generes: Action, Drama, Western
Director: Thadd Turner
Writer: Thadd Turner
Actors: Ryan Merriman, Christopher Atkins, Mark Rolston, Lindsey Haun